Don Casler
@doncasler.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science @University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Former fellow @WatsonInstitute, @ND_ISC | IR, bureaucracies, political psychology, public opinion | @Columbia PhD | @Dartmouth '14
Different kinds of bureaucratic institutions are associated with different levels of transmission noise. Open institutions, which regularly connect leaders and bureaucrats, reduce noise. Closed institutions, which impede leader-bureaucrat information flow, increase noise.
May 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Different kinds of bureaucratic institutions are associated with different levels of transmission noise. Open institutions, which regularly connect leaders and bureaucrats, reduce noise. Closed institutions, which impede leader-bureaucrat information flow, increase noise.
States' bureaucratic institutions shape the noisiness of interstate communication. Drawing on information theory, we suggest that the division of labor within states — between bureaucrats and leaders — creates transmission noise, corrupting signals before they reach receivers.
May 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
States' bureaucratic institutions shape the noisiness of interstate communication. Drawing on information theory, we suggest that the division of labor within states — between bureaucrats and leaders — creates transmission noise, corrupting signals before they reach receivers.